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The Tigers return to downtown Detroit to put their cards on the table against a playoff foe with major postseason implications. Tonight, it’s a high stakes showdown of two division leaders. The Astros have the Mariners right on their tail so they’ve got a lot to play for. That’s why I love this series when you know, Tigers want to get that number one overall seed , but the Astros are right there also. And so you got two good teams but Jack on the mound for the Detroit Tigers probably hasn’t been the year he expected, signing back with them on a two year deal after going the World Series with the los Angeles Dodgers last season. Last couple of starts have been rough for him allowing 10 earned runs. The Astros will try to continue that trend tonight with Jeremy Pena leading things off not going to hit that. It’s a curve whisking away Pena for out number one and there’s the breaking stuff early on here is new and former Astro Carlos Correa. It’s one of those pairings of player and uniform that just looks right. Does that, that will work. Carlos Correa hits one down the left field line for a fair ball that will be into the corner and carlos will stroll in the second with a one out double good hit by Carlos Jose Altuve will get the Astros first at bat of this road trip with a runner in scoring position. Altuve good numbers against Flaherty five for 13. Flaherty can’t grab it initially and that little Bobble allows Jose Altuve to be safe Astros with runners on the corners here with one out. Now, here’s Jesus sanchez with the infield back swing and miss the strikeout gets the swing and miss second time here in the first low ball for that will load the bases up for Caratini here in the first inning out to head the second swinging a fly ball, center field, turning left , turning right. Baez makes the catch all the way Jack Flaherty works himself into a jam in strands three on the mound will be spencer, eric Getty four starts this season interrupted with that thumb injury. This will be his third start since coming back from that thumb injury. 6.38 is at er a, he tortures this ball down into right. It was a high, he made it snack time. So keep the board for carry. Carpenter left handed, hitting left fielder swinging in a mess , got him on a breaking ball down and away. Carpenter down on strikes. The first punch out for a two away, only two attempts all year picks up his first deal. The Tigers don’t run as much with this group as gets through the last two hitters with a strikeout getting carpenter and green to strand one here in the bottom of the first Diaz leads things off here in the second inning. Had a couple of hits in the game yesterday to complete a home stand where he hit over three 100. That is a great slider. It gets a swing and a miss and it strikeout number three for Flaherty. Now, Cam smith gets that check swing, did he? Yeah, he did strike three back to back punch outs for Flaherty and that is textbook right there. 15 straight games on base for Torque. Wentzel Perez, the batter ball in hits Weel Perez. Dylan Dingler will bat. Dingler has been really good all year, but especially since the all star break since the break 293 with an ops over 820. 0, he hung that one deep to left fielder. It goes, it is back in. That is going to be the longest base hit. You’re going to see it was very close for Dylan Dingler and the bases are loaded. Top of the wall off. The yellow line strikeout would be rather large here with the bases build and nobody else. There you go. Called. Third on the curveball breaks one right on the edge for a call , third strike and that’s one away. Now, a ground ball get you out of this mess. A Baez the batter infield stays back looking to turn two and a ground ball to short. He will flip it to turn in time double play, eric work through a bases loaded no out jam. So it’s a two out walk that will bring up Riley Green who struck out his last time that ball hit hard to center field on the run. Still coming diving. He makes a great catch. Jacob Melton takes away extra bases from Riley Green on a great diving catch to end the third. Beautiful play by Jake out there being able to hustle in. Make sure that grab keep runs off the board. Great play by Melton walker got an 02 pitch for a single to start the inning. Here’s Victor Katin fly out to center with the bases loaded his first time swing and miss strike three. There it is that is six strikeouts for Jack and one away in the inning. Here is Diaz who hits it right on the ground. It’s Keith, it’s Torres, it’s a double play. Chandler made 543 ending ending double play to win. Perez one out. Nobody on this to right field. Wentzel trying it again toward the corner. It goes and this ball is just foul. I mean, you’re six seats away from a home and Wentzel getting a hold of those pitches on the inside. Looks like he’s trying to back Dorham trying right field again. Smith is back twice in the once in the fairway Tigers lead, what an adjustment out over the plate trying to back door it after all those near misses on the inside part of the plate and you could just tell Wentzell had him sized up and just make, just give me one, just give me one I can handle. And I’m going to, and he did Keith with a single in his first stolen base of the year and now has another hit this one to right and it’s off the base of the wall. Cam had a shot to throw him out. Here comes the throw, it’s wide and Keith in with a double cam had a shot after playing the ball well, but Keith instead with a one out double be the third walk allowed by Spencer to go along with a hit by pitch. Two runners on for Carey Carpenter. There’s a line drive that is there. Carey Carpenter traces the paint into the right field corner. Keith is home, come to the plate. He is in three bases for a kick and the Tigers have a 30 lead that will bust it up a little bit right there. Here’s Riley Green runner at third one out infield in first pitch here. This place is up for grabs, came into the game two for two against Arageti with two home runs. Something about Arageti that Riley Green likes good luck trying to get through those two if you’re a right handed pitcher without one of them doing damage. He turned double play. Carlo saved one, maybe a couple of runs and ends up with a double play to get out of the fifth. Getting accustomed to the hot corner caught that one behind his body. Taylor Scott first pitch was a ball. This one is pumped to center field. Melton can’t get there. Sweeney carves it over his head. Trey after will struggle with the ball is going to ramp it up to third. That’s a triple for Trey Sweeney to lead off the sixth. Melton juggled it a little bit and Trey read it perfectly high in the air. Center field. Melton is back on this Keith ball. Sweeney embarks from third. He’s coming home easily with run number six. That’s how you pay off a leadoff. Triple. Jack Flaherty has gotten into a nice groove in this game with that slider and the fastball, the pairing has been filthy strikeout number 92 down. Seventh inning. Melton is up and ready but Jack Flaherty has been so good tonight and this is the time of year where you start to announce yourself is what you’re going to be down the stretch. Like how much can you rely on? And boy, this is impeccable tapper back to the mound. This will end a great day for Jack under him. Flip from about 40 ft away. Spencer Torkelson, that is a seven inning gem from Jack Flaherty pat on the back as he walks in crowd on their feet 27,000 plus, cheering Jack Flaherty into the dugout. Here’s Trey Sweeney. He’s one for three triples and scored in the sixth to on second d on first base with one away. Sweeney power to the to Labour three run homer for the demon Barber of shortstop. And it’s nine lots of good swings from Trey Sweeney just missed one flying out to right field, got underneath it, Then a triple and now comes back and gets a splitter that he likes and turns on it for the three run homer. What did you say, Keith’s best birthday present could be. He wants to play fortnight and homers 10 nothing Tigers Astros after getting beat 12 to nothing are getting a 10 to nothing spanking so far in this game, Coke Chuck Jugs his way to his 11th home run. My arm is rested if needed. You never know. Right. It’s 10, nothing, you know whose arm is rested and it is alex L on a major league mound for the first time since May of last year. They are loaded for the Astros here in the ninth. Here comes Caratti and here is his first strikeout in the majors since May of last year. Welcome back, alex Lang to go in the Diaz first pitch. He’s going to get to shake those hands. Alex Lang gets the final out. The Tigers shut out the Astros and make an enormous statement at the beginning of this home stand. Good for alex Lang to get out of that and keep the shutout.